Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ads announces new Editor features for ad extensionsSep 28, 2017 by Susan Wenograd Now available: Support for scheduling and Shared Libraries for call and location …
Read More »Amazon just upped the ante in the battle of the virtual assistants
Yesterday, at a pre-emptive event in Seattle, Amazon introduced new Alexa devices to keep its lead in the battle for the smart home. Google is having its own hardware event on October 4. Amazon introduced six products. First and foremost, it presented a more compact, cheaper Echo with better sound. …
Read More »Google local finder rolls out website mentions matching your query
Sergey Alakov first noticed that Google has begun rolling out the local finder website mentions that Google began testing earlier this month. Website mentions in the local finder show the searcher if their query, the search they used to bring up the local results in Google, matches any of the …
Read More »7 on-site SEO problems that hold back e-commerce sites
Not long ago, I talked about 16 very specific on-site SEO mistakes that I see very often, and how to fix those issues. Today, I want to shift the focus toward problems that plague e-commerce sites specifically. I’ll also be addressing on-site problems that have a bit more to do with …
Read More »Bing Ads rolling out offline conversion imports to capture impact of ads on offline sales
Advertisers that run Bing Ads campaigns to generate leads can now upload offline conversion data back into the platform to get a more complete picture of campaign impact on actual sales. How Bing Ads offline conversion tracking works The system leverages the Microsoft Click ID (MSCLKID) that gets appended to every …
Read More »Bug drops Sitelinks Searchbox from Google search results
A bug in Google has wiped out a search feature that allows searchers to search within a specific site from the Google search result snippets. The feature launched three years ago, and it is officially called a Sitelinks Searchbox, where Google will show a search box directly within a search …
Read More »The non-developer’s guide to reducing WordPress load times up to 2 seconds (with data)
With Google’s continued focus on user experience and engagement metrics in recent algorithm updates, it’s become even more important for marketers to pay attention to how fast their sites are. Page speed has long been a ranking factor for desktop search results, and it may soon impact mobile rankings as …
Read More »Updated for 2017! Enterprise Paid Media Campaign Management Platforms
The paid media marketing landscape has become increasingly complex, as the speed of search engine algorithms and development changes accelerates and marketers demand more integrated channel capabilities. Automating paid media campaign management through an enterprise platform can improve efficiency and productivity. MarTech Today’s “Enterprise Paid Media Campaign Management Platforms: A …
Read More »SearchCap: Happy birthday Google, EU Google Shopping changes & SEO tips
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: CSEs will compete head-on with Google Shopping in EU search resultsSep 27, 2017 by Ginny Marvin To provide “equal treatment” in the ad auction, Google Shopping …
Read More »Google marks its 19th birthday with a ‘Google birthday surprise spinner’ doodle
For its 19th birthday, Google has posted a birthday doodle that leads to a spinner prompting surprise searches for 19 of its past Easter egg games and quizzes. Three spins leads to the ICC Championship interactive cricket game Google launched earlier this year, an Earth Day quiz launched in 2015 …
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